Animals with Wills

[Doubutsu no Kuni 30 Translation by Kewl0210]Back Cover: In order to unite all animals' cries, Tarouza has set his sights on the Tower of Babel. But as Lion Queen and in order to protect her family, Capri will not approve of it... With both people carrying a resolve they cannot yield, the two of them fight a sad and noble battle.Meanwhile, Riemu is getting kidnapped by Giller-----"I'll show you the inside of the Tower of Babel you wanted to see so much!"

Author Flap:SFX: UIIIN UIIINText: Riding my motorcycle and weekend carpentry are my hobbies. In tough times and painful times, these two things help me out.Raiku Makoto

Piman Flap:The Ecology of PimanMakoto RaikuOiss: Hmph.Piman: What purpose would bringing them to the Tower of Babel serve?Dengo: What purpose would you serve?Piman: What?!Then you mean I don't have to go?

Page 2Board: Character IntroductionsBig Insert: It has been 5 years since Monoko's Death----- Tarouza has grown into an adult...Top: MonokoA tanuki which picked up the abandoned baby human Tarouza and raised him as his mother! She sacrificed herself to protect Tarouza when he was being targeted by a wolf and lost her life. Right: TarouzaA human that possesses a "cry that can be used to communicate with any animal". Prompted by the death of the mother that raised him, Monoko, he left the village and recently returned. He seeks to unite the cries of all animals in order to create a world where grass-eating animals and meat-eating animals live together in harmony. Lower Right: MokoOrphan of Monoko and Tarouza's little sister.Bottom: KurokagiA lynx that questions this world of the strong preying on the weak. Ever since his life was saved by Tarouza, he has vowed to fight for Tarouza's sake. He always travels with him.Left Center: JeekA wolf whom was raised with Tarouza in the tanuki village ever since his family was killed by a bear as a child.

Page 3:Top: Currently there are only 5 "humans" on the planet including Tarouza!!Is the key to solving all of the mysteries at the "Tower of Babel"-----?!Top Left: GillerHe lives inside the "Tower of Babel". Using "Kuou's Notebook" which he stole from Riemu, he constantly researches the monsters called "Chimeras". His true identity is still a mystery...Top Right: JyuHe thinks that stealing each others lives is the proper form for animals, so he is against Tarouza's ideal of "everyone getting along". He was severely wounded in a fight with Giller and then disappeared...Middle Left: ChimeraMysterious creatures led by Giller.Below Jyu: CapriA human girl that was raised by a pack of lions. She was a carnivorous girl that thought of plant-eating animals as "prey", but when she met Tarouza and the others, she became their comrade. But now she lives in the Tower of Babel with Giller!Below Capri: RiemuAs a child, she was raised by gorillas. But ever since her gorilla family was killed by Giller, she has lived in Tarouza's village. She is the owner of the notebooks Kuou left behind and is currently with Tarouza seeking the Tower of Babel.Belo Riemu: KuouA human which lived before Tarouza and the others. He left behind a notebook in which he wrote the "way to make all animals live in harmony" that he completed. For some reason, the names of the five remaining humans names were written in it and labeled as "Miracle Children"...Bottom Left Box: Up until last time...Monoko was killed by wolves. In the depths of despair from knowing what it feels like for your family to be eaten, Tarouza decided to go to the "Tower of Babel" and secretly left the village. All in order to change this world where "the weak are eaten by the strong"...-----5 years later, Tarouza returned to the village and reunited with Riemu and the others that had were waiting expectantly for him. "We're all ready to go to the Tower of Babel." Then the adult Tarouza went once again set his sights on the "Tower of Babel" with his comrades. But there he found Capri who did not greet him like an old friend...

Page 7:SFX: DOOOOOOOOOOORiemu: !!SFX: UOOOOOOOGiller: It sounds like it's begun.Two former comrades killing each other.SFX: OOOOO WAAAAAGiller: This is all the bonds that you animals have are.

Page 8:SFX: ZAZAZAZAZAZAZAZAZASFX: ZURYU RYU RYU RYU!!Riemu: When I give the signal, attack.No matter how strong that bird and that child-shaped Chimera arewith only those two Chimeras here, this situation is a good chance to defeat Giller we won't likely get again.There said you had something you wanted to ask, right?Giller?!SFX: SU...

Page 9:Riemu: Before you kill me, I'll listen to what you have to say.SFX: ZUIHLuke: May I kill her?Giller: Wait until I instruct you to.I'm going to ask all of my questions.SFX: SHURU SHURU SHURU

Page 10:Giller: Besides this notebook,do you have another notebook written by Kuou?Riemu: I don't.Why would you ask such a thing?Giller: There are missing sectionsof this notebook of Kuou's.Riemu: Missing sections?Giller: The energy organ research facility, "Abel".The code needed to open the door there is not here.

Page 11:Giller: This notebook has research in "Abel" written in it like it's something very basic.Butit does not have the code to get into "Abel" anywhere.So I expect that that code must be written in another notebook.I went to the house you lived in with the gorillas,but someone had taken away all of the books and left nothing behind.If I could only enter "Abel", I could complete Kuou's unfinished research.

Page 12:Giller: Eternal life for Chimeras...And how to breath lifeinto the ultimate chimera.You know about it, don't you?Kuou's other notebook.Riemu: I do not.Giller: She does know...Luke. Without hurting her, take her...SFX: BOKIH

Page 13:Riemu: KYAAAAAAAAAA!!!Giller: !!?

Page 14:Luke: You... really are weak.Why did you come before me?You don't even have the power to kill me.Giller: ............A sense of self...?SFX: UoOOOOOOOOO!!!SFX: DONNSFX: MEGIH

Page 18:Riemu: Gu... Uuuu...Giller: Hmph... If you want to enter the Tower of Babel, I'll let you right in.You did mention some things about uniting the cries and destroying the chimera...but that tower is not the kind of place you all think it is.Let me show you what it's really like.SFX: GOFOOGiller: But before that... there's something I wanted you to see.Look closely. That you're comrades killing each other.

Page 22:SFX: GAKIILion: Wha...... Was my timing off?!SFX: GUAHSFX: BABA DOSHIII BAHLion: H...How'd he dodge it?Does that thing have eyes on the back of its head or something?!SFX: ZAZAZA

Page 23:Guy: And these aren't the normal movements of horses or cattle!!What are these guys......?!Zebra: HIHIHIHIHIiiIIN!!!Lion: GAaA!!!SFX: DOGAAASFX: ZAAAALion: What's going on?!SFX: DAKADAH DAKADAH DAKADAH Capri: Everyone, don't be shaken!!!Form groups of three or more and then take these guys on!!!

Page 24:Lion: But Capri! These guys' movements are really strange!!How do we fight them......?Capri: I know these moves!!!The source of these movements is Tarouza!!!SFX: BABABABABABABABALions: What?!Capri: Tarouza can connect to the consciousnesses of many animals...

Page 25:Capri: and control them!!!SFX: BABABABABABABABABABASFX: BABABA BABAHSFX: BABABABASFX: BABABABALion: Is such a thing possible......?In that case, target Tarouza!!!That's right! If we just defeat the one controlling them, then...Capri: No, there's no need for that!!

Page 26:SFX: ZAKAAACapri: If we continue to deal damage to the plant-eating animals like thisSFX: BARIIISFX: GASHIIICapri: All of the pain will be transferred to Tarouza...SFX: DOSHIIICapri: and Tarouza will collapse from the pain and no longer be able to control them!!!

Page 27:Capri: Even if we don't put in the finishing blow, keep pushing like this!!!They're the ones who'll collapse first!!Lion: OOOOO!!!That's exactly riiiight!!!SFX: DOOOOLion: We'll be the ones to push them back!!!SFX: GONLions: There still hasn't been a single death on the lions' side!!!

Page 29:Lion: It's because the enemy is not putting in any finishing blows to us.Capri: ............Wh...What do think you're doing?!!Us lions are seriously trying to kill you like we would ant time we attack pray!!!Unless you seriously try to kill us, too,you're just going to die!!Why are you fighting such a half-assed fight?!Answer me,Tarouza!!!

Page 35:Capri: Ku...Ma...You're...!You're......!Animal: You're like Tarouza, so you can understand our cries, too, right?Long ago, tons of my comrades were eaten by you all.And rather than give into that hatred,I've chosen the path of living together with you.So I won't kill you.I'm pushing my way through.

Page 36:Animal: We're trying to unite our criesand live in harmony with you all.Are you not going to do anything?Are you not even going to try to find a way to live together with us?Tarouza is.Capri: !

Page 37:Bull: He said he's going to search in the Tower of Babelfor a way to save all of you meat-eating animals and live together with you.Capri: Is there such a way in the Tower of Babel?!!Bull: Tarouza has confidence.But unless we go into the tower ourselves and find out, there's no way of knowing for certain.Tarouza has notabandoned you.

Page 38:Lion: Don't just stand there! Stop him!!Bit him! Tear him up!! Don't let him get close to the Tower of Babel!!!Capri, what are you doing?!Why aren't you give everyone instructions, too?!

Page 39:Capri: U...Stop the lions......Lions: OOOOOOOO!!!WAaaAAAAA!!Capri: No, I can't!Tarouza's idea still isn't anything but a prediction.I can't entrust our fateon something as uncertain as that!!!Everyone! One more go! The plant-eating animals are...

Page 40:SFX: PIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICapri: !!Bird: Capri! Capri!Capri: What is it, Hyuun?!SFX: BASAH BASAHyuun: Hurry, go back to the Tower of Babel!!Capri: !!?Hyuun: The separate unit of lions that were left to stand guard at the tower...

Page 41:are being beaten one after another by just one animal!!Both: !!?Capri: How can that be?! That unit has quite a few considerably strong lions in it!!Hyuun: But they keep being beaten!!That animal is strange!! At this rate, all of them will die!!!Hurry and come back!!Capri: .............Ku...

Page 42:Capri: Everyone!!The lions at the Tower of Babel are being beaten by some unknown animal!!!Both: What?!!Capri: Going to help them takes priority!!We're returning to the Tower of Babel!!!Lions: Ku...Hmph.SFX: BOH

Page 43:Capri: That's an order!! Hurry, move!!!SFX: DODODODODODODODODOGuys: O...OOOOOOO!!!Capri: Tarouza!!We're retreating for now, but as long as you keep trying to enter the Tower of Babe;we'll going to stop you no matter what!! Got that?!!Hurry, Bakara!!Bakara: Right!!SFX: DAH

Page 44:Guy: Are you not going to do anything?Are you not even going to try to find a way to live together with us?Capri: Dammit!Dammiiiit!!SFX: HYUOOOOOOOOCapri: What's wrong, Giller?I can't see any dead animals on Tarouza's side or Capri's side.

Page 45:Giller: Zebils!!Quickly, return to the Tower of Babel!!SFX: BASAH BASAHSFX: BASAHSFX: BASAHSFX: BASAHTarou: The animal that'sdefeating lions at the Tower of Babel right now...Who is it?SFX: DOH

Page 46:SFX: KOOOOOOOODeer: All right.The lions over there stopped fighting as well.SFX: PIN PINDeer: I would hate for either side to kill anyone on the other in a fight like this.I need that lion girl to do a different job......

Page 47:Deer: Well, a few things were wrong,but for now, things are starting to go well in line with your expectations...Kuou.